Law, history, colonialism :  the reach of empire / 
edited by Diane Kirkby and Catharine Coleborne. 
 - xii, 307 pages ;  24 cm. 
 - Studies in imperialism .
 - Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England). .
<br/><br/> "First published 2001 by Manchester University Press. First digital, on-demand edition produced by Lightning Source 2010"--T.p. verso.  Catharine Coleborne is Lecturer in History at the University of Waikato. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction /  Terminal legality: imperialism and the (de)composition of law /  Law's empire: chartering English colonies on the American mainland in the seventeenth century /  Reflections on the rule of law: the Georgian colonies of New South Wales and Upper Canada, 1788-1837 /  'Race' definition run amuck: 'slaying the dragon of Eskimo status' before the Supreme Court of Canada, 1939 /  The paradox of 'ultra-democratic' government: indigenous civil rights in nineteenth-century New Zealand, Canada and Australia /  'When there's no safety in numbers': fear and the franchise in South Africa - the case of Natal /  Making 'mad' populations in settler colonies: the work of law and medicine in the creation of the colonial asylum /  Towards a 'taxonomy' for the common law: legal history and the recognition of Aboriginal customary law /  The problem of Aboriginal evidence in early colonial New South Wales /  Assuming judicial control: George Brown's narrative defence of the 'New Britain raid' /  The fate of Maori land rights in early colonial New Zealand: the limits of the Treaty of Waitangi and the doctrine of Aboriginal title /  'Because it does not make sense': sovereignty's power in the case of Delgamuukw v. The Queen 1997 /  Land, conveyancing reform and the problem of the married woman in colonial Australia /  The construction of property rights on imperial frontiers: the case of the New Zealand Native Land Purchase Ordinance of 1846 /  International law - recognizing the Third World? Law and conflicts over water in the Krishna River Basin /  Historians and native title: the question of evidence /  'Race', gender and nation in history and law /  Diane Kirkby and Catharine Coleborne --  Peter Fitzpatrick --  Christopher Tomlins --  John McLaren --  Constance Backhouse --  Patricia Grimshaw, Robert Reynolds and Shurlee Swain --  Julie Evans and David Philips --  Catharine Coleborne --  Mark D. Walters --  Nancy E. Wright --  Helen Gardner --  Ann Parsonson --  John Borrows --  Hilary Golder and Diane Kirkby --  John C. Weaver --  Radha D'Souza --  Christine Choo --  Constance Backhouse, Ann Curthoys and Ian Duncanson /  [et. al.].  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  12.  13.  14.  15.  16.  17. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0719081955 9780719081958 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Treaty of Waitangi (1840 February 6) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Colonies--Law and legislation--History.<br/>Law--Colonies--History.--Great Britain<br/>Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.<br/>Colonies--History<br/>Imperialism--History<br/>Māori (New Zealand people)--Legal status, laws, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>341.28